Radio enclosure



R. B. BLANKE RADIO ENCLOSURE Filed Jan. 25, 1939 1 N V: N TD R 0.96 BarfiardfiZm/I'e W m Patented June 18, 1940 UNITED srerl-zs PATENT OFFiCE 2,204,787 aaoio ENCLOSURE Rose Barbara Blanke, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application January 25, 1939, Serial No. 252,729

' 1 Claim. (01. 116-124.1)

The invention relates to improvements in radio controlling knobs of said radio and to observe enclosures for the purpose of camouflaging the the dial indirectly through the said reflector radio as such giving it the appearance of a small under the cart. cart loaded with flowers. The Objects of the im- In the upper part of said cart-enclosure and 5 provement are primarily to provide a very artisabove the radio apparatus is located a metal pan 3 tic appearance and a less mechanical appearance 8, containing water for a natural floral display of any type of small radio chosen for this encloif so chosen. If, however, artificial flowers are sure, also to conceal the operating mechanism preferred, no water will be needed in said pan. at all times giving only an indirect appearance As a guard against the heat developed by radio of the radio dial. activity an insulating asbestos sheet 9, is at lo One form of the invention is illustrated in the tached under the pan 8, above said pan an open accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a wire mesh screen It] is fitted to the upper edges general perspective of the enclosure containing of the cart for the purpose of holding the flower a radio within and carrying a selection of flowers stems in position over the open pan. The pan 8,

above, thus becoming a fitting table ornament with the screen I0, is loosely fitted within the i5 unsuspected of its mechano-electrical contents. art enclosure 80 as to permit the s p f h Figure 2 is a cross section vertically through the heat developed by the radio and so as to be easily wheels of the cart-enclosure showing the posiremoved for refilling of Water d flowers at y tion of an inverted radio apparatus in the bottime.

tom of said cart, and a reflecting mirror directly In conclusion I will state that the shape of a 20 under the wheels of the cart. The dial of any carriage has nothing to do with the performance radio chosen for this purpose should be reversed of one, as the carriage-enclosure is fixed to the to facilitate the observation in said mirror 10- reflector-base, comprising a stationary table-orcated below the cart, otherwise no change or nament, and the cart is not intended asa means alteration in the radio apparatus is necessary, of transportation. 5 the enclosure is made to fit any given standard I am aware that prior to my invention radio radio in place of the usual cabinet, or to conenclosures have been made for the purpose of tain both such radio apparatus and its attached disguising such electrical equipment both more cabinet. practical and more economical. I therefore do A plate-mirror or a metal reflector I, is placed not claim such combination broadly, but I claim: 30 on a felt cushion 2, fastened to the underside of In a device of the character described, the

said reflector forming a base plate. The cart combination of a supporting base, a reflector body is resting on said reflector base by means associated with the upper surface thereof, a boxof two wheels 33, and fastened by means of like formation open at the top and at the botthe cart legs 4, 4 and 4, bent at their extreme tom, adapted to receive the radio, with its dial ;,5

ends to hold the reflector in position. The sides facing downwardly, a frame having an inside 5,5 of the cart enclosure are made of mirrors, flange for receiving and supporting the radio, opaque glass or metal to give an attractive apand an outside flange for receiving and supportpearance. The sides and the end pieces made of ing the lower edges of the box-like formation, the same material are secured in a frame 6, at and means engaging the frame and the base, for the bottom of said cart in which is resting the supporting the frame in spaced relationship above radio apparatus 1, in a horizontal position. the base.

The space between the reflector I and the BARBARA BLANKE- radio 1, being sufficient for manipulating the 

